drunken — drunk, drunken In general drunk is used predicatively (after a verb: He arrived drunk) and drunken is used attributively (before a noun: We have a drunken landlord). There is sometimes a slight difference in meaning, drunk referring to a… … Modern English usage

drunken — [[t]drʌ̱ŋkən[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: ADJ n Drunken is used to describe events and situations that involve people who are drunk. The pain roused him from his drunken stupor... He hit her with a frying pan during a drunken brawl. 2) ADJ GRADED: ADJ n… … English dictionary

drunken — drunk|en [ˈdrʌŋkən] adj [only before noun] 1.) drunk or showing that you are drunk ▪ McBride was a drunken bully. ▪ She was lying in a drunken stupor (=nearly unconscious from being drunk) on the sidewalk. 2.) drunken party/orgy/brawl etc a party … Dictionary of contemporary English

drunken — adjective (only before noun) 1 drunk or showing that you are drunk: drunken shouting | be in a drunken stupor (=almost asleep because you are so drunk) 2 drunken party/orgy etc a party etc where people are drunk drunkenly adverb drunkenness noun… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English